When Army and Navy renew their rivalry for the 117th time Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, they will celebrate the sacrifice and courage of young people committing to military service. But they will also celebrate an offense that still churns out rushing yards like no other, despite the fact many...

College football thoughts while accepting the ribbing that comes with happily anticipating the 40 bowl games that allow my favorite sport to dominate the holiday season: The College Football Playoff committee got it right, rewarding the four teams that enjoyed the best seasons start to finish....

The debate stretched late into Saturday night, with the men and women who control college football’s playoff system hashing over which teams should vie for the national title. The selection committee took a preliminary vote, talked some more, then got some sleep before reconvening early Sunday...

Jim Harbaugh is not backpedaling on his recent criticism of officials. Harbaugh said he's instead ready to agree to disagree with the Big Ten. The conference reprimanded the Michigan coach and fined his school $10,000 for violating the conference's sportsmanship policy by criticizing officials...

Alabama heads into the postseason with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide was No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season Sunday, just as it has been since the preseason. Ohio State is No. 2, Clemson...

This year's Military Bowl will pit a team familiar to Navy football fans against a coach who's cognizant of what the game has to offer. No. 23 Temple (10-3) will go up against Wake Forest (6-6) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27. The game will be televised on ESPN. Bowl...

In the end, true chaos never came to college football this season. Four teams that started near the top of the College Football Playoff rankings will play for the national championship. Alabama will face Washington in one semifinal and Clemson meets Ohio State in the other. None of them were ranked...

The College Football Playoff selection committee snubbed Penn State. Said "Not so fast, my friends" to the Nittany Lions. Gave 'em the Heisman. Dikembe'd them. And for that, Penn State fans should retaliate with … a thank-you note and a big, wet kiss. Seriously, think about this. Had Penn State...

The harsh, brittle irony of what happened to the Navy football team Saturday is impossible to escape. The Midshipmen got kicked right in their Cotton Bowl aspirations and — to make matters much, much worse — were divested of two of their best offensive players for the remainder of the season on...